Filmmaker Mahesh Jirawala Missing After Ahmedabad Plane Crash; Wife Fears He May Be Among Ground Victims

Th recent Air India flight crash took lives of 241 people on board, only one survived. Reportedly, another 29 people on the ground are declared dead, including five medical students. The Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed into a medical college campus in Ahmedabad shortly after take-off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, on Thursday.

Filmmaker goes missing after Ahmedabad plane crash

As per a report in PTI, a filmmaker went missing following the Ahmedabad plane crash. His family has given DNA samples to the authorities. His mobile phone location was last traced to just 700 metres away from the accident area.

Mahesh Kalawadia, also known as Mahesh Jirawala, a resident of Naroda, Ahmedabad, went to meet someone in Law Garden area on the day of the plane crash, his wife Hetal said.

She said that her husband called her at 1.14 pm to tell her that his meeting was over and he was on his way home. When he did not return, she called up on his phone but it was switched off. "After police were intimated, the last location of his mobile phone showed he was 700 metres away from the crash site," she said.

Hetal also said Mahesh's phone got switched off around 1.40 pm (a minute after the flight took off). "His scooter and mobile phone are missing. All this is unusual since he would never use that route (as per the last location) to come home. We have submitted DNA samples to check if he was one of those killed on the ground due to the crash," she added.

Who is Mahesh Jirawala?

He is the founder and CEO of Mahesh Jirawala Productions, that produces content primarily in regional languages. He mostly directs music albums and ads.

In 2019, he helmed the Gujarati film Cocktail Premi Pag Of Revenge, starring Asha Panchal and Vruti Thakkar. The film was praised for Mahesh's direction and performances.

He often shares about his upcoming projects, BTS of his shoots, etc, on Instagram.

Meanwhile, authorities are carrying out DNA tests to identity the victims of the tragic incident.